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		2014 Point-in-Time Count Results Released On Oct. 30, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the latest estimate of homelessness in the United States, noting a continued general decline and specifically among Veterans and persons living on the street. HUD's 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress reports that 578,424 persons were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2014. This represents an overall 10 percent reduction and 25 percent drop in the unsheltered population since 2010, the year the Obama Administration launched Opening Doors, the nation's first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness.

	USICHgov @USICHgov As a nation we should be doing more to end youth homelessness, writes @HUDgov's Ann Oliva. http://ow.ly/DY7Qo pic.twitter.com/cmmHpuMkB5 View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 7, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov RT @HUDMidAtlantic: HUDLine News is out! http://ow.ly/DNJs6 Read about @USICHgov @DEStateHousing @NAHROnational View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 4, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov via @naehomelessness: New York City, New Orleans Reduce Veteran Homelessness by more than 50 Percent in 3 Years http://ow.ly/DNKkM View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 4, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov ICYMI: @FiveThirtyEight's @bencasselman examined the decline in Veteran homelessness. Here's what he found. http://ow.ly/DKLT1 View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 4, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov Updated Resources Available for 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Data http://ow.ly/DK3nn View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 3, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov Where homelessness is up, there is a road map to progress. http://ow.ly/DCIL1 View Tweet | Retweet Nov. 1, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov These five charts show the progress made in fighting homelessness - via @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/DEawu View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 31, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov MT @HUDgov Chronic #homelessness is down 21% View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 31, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov MT @HUDgov The number of families w/children experiencing #homelessness is declining View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 31, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov RT HUDgov @HUDgov The number of veterans experiencing #homelessness continues to decline and is down 33% View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 30, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov RT Julián Castro @SecretaryCastro The @WhiteHouse #OpeningDoors initiative is a model of the public and private partnership we need to build platforms for opportunity. View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 30, 2014 USICHgov @USICHgov Four Years after Launching Opening Doors, Data Points to Clear Success. A Message from @ZLauraJeanne http://ow.ly/Dzztc View Tweet | Retweet Oct. 30, 2014

		[LISTEN] Our Director of National Initiatives Matthew Doherty talks progress on ending homelessness with Hawaii Public Radio-HPR2 On a recent visit to Hawaii to help train local homeless assistance providers, Matthew Doherty, USICH Director of National Initiatives, sat down with Hawaii Public Radio to discuss then just-released data from the 2014 Point-in-Time Count. The conversation also covered how the housing first approach and coordinated entry help to prevent and end homelessness and create the right housing solutions individualized to the people in need.

Good News from New Orleans: Federal and Community Collaboration Helped Transform This Veteran's Life | by DaVaughn Phillips
Mr. H. seems like a completely different person from the man I met just a few months ago. He is thriving in his own home, with a stable income to maintain his living expenses and support his family. More importantly, he has regained the strength, motivation, and courage he needed to become self-sufficient and to serve as a positive role model for his children. After three years of working in New Orleans to help people achieve permanent housing, it never ceases to amaze me how rewarding it feels to play a role in such a transformation.

		Proof Point: The 2014 Point-in-Time Count Shows that Homelessness Is a Solvable Problem USICH Executive Director Laura Green Zeilinger provides an overview of the results of the 2014 Point-in-Time-Count of people experiencing homelessness in the United States. In addition to the overall 10 percent decline in the total homeless population, family homelessness is down 15 percent; 53 percent fewer families are living unsheltered. Chronic homelessness is down 21 percent; 14 percent unsheltered. There's been a slight downturn in youth homelessness, but particularly noteworthy are the declines seen among Veterans — down 33 percent overall, unsheltered down 43 percent. Get more analysis.